{"id":26621,"date":"2017-12-14T01:59:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T06:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=26621"},"modified":"2017-12-14T01:59:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T06:59:56","slug":"breaking-down-the-busy-pattern-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=26621","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Down The Busy Pattern Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, everyone. Colder winds are back and blowing across the bluegrass state today. This is behind a front that dropped through here overnight.\u00a0 This is part of a pattern that has been very busy and is about to get even busier in the run up to Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Temps out there today are in the 30s for highs, but gusty winds will make it feel like the 20s for most of the day. A few clouds will be noted and some of these clouds may spit out a few flurries or an out and out snow shower in the east&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another weak system passes across the Ohio Valley on Friday and may spit out a few flakes. Highs are back in the upper 30s for most areas, which is still several degrees below normal.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday looks like the best day we will see for a while. Temps in the west and south make a run at 50, with 40s for the rest of the region. Winds are gusty with some clouds increasing late in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Those clouds are ahead of a shower maker for Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26623\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26623\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26623\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-4-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1252\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-4-6.png 1252w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-4-6-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-4-6-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-4-6-1024x398.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1252px) 100vw, 1252px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a cold rain, too. Temps are in the upper 30s and low 40s for most of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Another system will come out at some point early next week, but the focus is on what comes after that. The pattern continues to suggest one heck of a battle taking place right on top of our region from late next week into Christmas week. The GFS continues to show this with a slightly different orientation of the battleground.<\/p>\n<p>The latest run is not shy on precipitation, nor precipitation types&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26625\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26625\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26625\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-GIf-10.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The amount of liquid precipitation on that particular run&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26626\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26626\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26626\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Rain-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1096\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Rain-1.png 1096w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Rain-1-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Rain-1-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Rain-1-1024x752.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t take that run seriously&#8230; I&#8217;m only showing it, like all other runs, to establish a trend. The operational runs will vary greatly from run to run.<\/p>\n<p>Several days ago, I posted this map showing my thoughts on where the pattern was going by Christmas weekend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26574\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26574\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26574\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Special-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"989\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Special-3.png 989w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Special-3-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Special-3-768x461.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Compare that to the latest GFS Ensembles 5 day average\u00a0temperature anomalies centered on Christmas&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26629\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26629\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26629\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Temps-8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Temps-8.png 747w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Temps-8-300x270.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>THAT is a heck of a match to the map I&#8217;ve had out for a while.<\/p>\n<p>What about the wintry look on the same GFS Ensembles. Here&#8217;s the average snowfall through Saturday, December 23rd&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26628\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26628\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26628\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1069\" height=\"911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-11.png 1069w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-11-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-11-768x654.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-11-1024x873.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1069px) 100vw, 1069px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take that same map and add the next 5 days to it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?attachment_id=26627\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26627\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26627\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-2-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1066\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-2-7.png 1066w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-2-7-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-2-7-768x653.png 768w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GFS-Snow-2-7-1024x870.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only thing to take away from all of the above maps is this: The pattern is conducive for winter weather in our region from late next week through Christmas week.<\/p>\n<p>I will have additional updates later today, so check back. Make it a good one and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Thursday, everyone. Colder winds are back and blowing across the bluegrass state today. This is behind a front that dropped through here overnight.\u00a0 This is part of a pattern that has been very busy and is about to get even busier in the run up to Christmas. Temps out there today are in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}